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need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. [Rev. xxi.]

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water. And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. [Isa. xxxv.]

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to

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our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And all the angels stood round about the throne, and worshipped God, saying, Amen : Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. Who are these which are arrayed in white robes, and whence came they? These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne. shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. [Rev. vii.]

Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Spirit. [Rom. xv.]

THOUGHTS OF IMMORTALITY

The soul lives after the body dies. The soul passes through the gate; he makes a way in the darkness to his Father; he has pierced the heart of evil to do the things of his Father.

Then shall the Judge of the dead answer: Let this soul pass on; he is without sin; he lives upon truth. He has made his delight in doing what is good to men, and what is pleasing to God. He has given food to the hungry; drink to the thirsty and clothes to the naked. His lips are pure and his hands are pure. His heart weighs right in the balance. He fought on earth the battle of the good, even as his Father, the Lord of the invisible world had commanded him. O God, the protector of him who has brought his cry unto Thee, make it well with him in the world of spirits! He loved his father, he honored his mother; he loved his brethren. He never preferred the great man to him of low condition. He was a wise man, his soul loved God. He was a brother to the great and a father to the humble; and he never was a mischief-maker. Such as these shall find grace in the eyes of the great God. They shall dwell in the abodes of glory, where the heavenly life is led. The bodies which they have abandoned will repose forever in their tombs, while they will enjoy the presence of the great God. - Egyptian (Book of the Dead).

Heaven is a palace with many doors, and each one may enter in his own way. There is another, invisible, eternal existence, superior to the visible one, which does not perish when all things perish. Those who attain to this never return. The God of the dead waits enthroned in immortal light to welcome the good into his kingdom of joy; to the homes he has prepared for them, where the One Being dwells beyond the stars. Hindu.

There are treasures laid up in the heart- treasures of charity, piety, temperance, and soberness. These treasures a man takes with him beyond death, when he leaves this world. Man never dies. The soul inhabits the body for a time and leaves it again. The soul is myself; the body is only my dwelling-place. The pearls and gems which a man has collected, even from his youth, cannot go with him to another world. Friends and relations cannot go with him a step further than his place of burial. But a man's actions, good or bad, go with him to the future world. As kindred, friends and dear ones salute him who hath travelled far and returned home safe, so will good deeds welcome him who goes from this world and enters another. - Buddhist.

What is death? To be born again an angel of Eternity. Persian (Buzurdi).

The Supreme Soul, whose work is the universe, always dwelling in the hearts of all being, is revealed by the heart. Those who know him become immortal.

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The sun rises out of life and sets into life; this is the sacred law; it sways to-day, and will sway to-morrow.

From the unreal, lead me to the real; from darkness to light; from death to immortality! This uttered over

comes the world. - Hindu (Brihad Upanishad).

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Know that these finite bodies have belonged to an eternal, inexhaustible, indestructible spirit. He who believes that this spirit can kill, and he who believes it can be killed, both are wrong. Unborn, changeless, eternal, it is not slain when the body is slain. *** Weapons cannot cleave, nor fire burn it. It is constant, immovable; yet it can pass through all things. * Grieve not then for any creatures, and abandon not thy duty. For a noble man, that infamy were worse than death. **** It is good to die doing thy own work. -Hindu (Bhagavadgitá).

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Virtue is a service man owes himself; and though there were no heaven, nor any God to rule the world, it were not less the binding law of life. It is a man's privilege to know the right and follow it.

Betray and persecute me, brother men ! * * * * Earth, hell, heaven, combine your might to crush, — I will still hold fast by this inheritance! My strength is nothing — time can shake and cripple it; my youth is transientalready grief has withered up my days; my heart alas ! it seems well nigh broken now! Anguish may crush it utterly, and life may fail; but even so my soul, that has not tripped, shall triumph, and dying, give the lie to soulless Destiny, that dares to boast itself man's master. - Hindu (Rámáyana).

Man must not be carried away by grief, but hasten to

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